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May 31, 2006

An End Is Come!

Hello everyone, and as always I thank you for being here. I have an unusual message today and I hope you enjoy it. I woke up yesterday and the name Jaazaniah kept coming to my mind; I had remembered reading about him but in a negative vein. I try to read the bible as much as I can daily, even if I have read the same thing as I did a week ago, I always learn something new. Today, I was reading in Ezekiel; for no particular reason, I really find it fascinating. I found some unusual things I hadn't see before in the light of the events happening around us these days. I hope you can find the message in it, as I did.

The first Chapter of Ezekiel1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirteenth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

Verse 4: And I looked, and behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire enfolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

The rest of the chapter deals with the Glory of God and the appearance of the wheels within the wheels, the Cherubim and the four creatures that came out of the MIDST of the fire.

The next chapters deal with Ezekiel to lay siege to the city of Jerusalem and so forth. Then Ezekiel is instructed to do many things as a pre-figure of what was going to happen to Israel if they didn't repent. As we now know they didn't and everything The Lord told Ezekiel happened exactly like The Lord said it would to Israel, they starved, died of pestilence, and were killed, and a remnant were carried off into captivity.

I urge you to read all these chapters if you can find the time, but for brevity's sake, I am moving ahead to another set of visions.

Chapter 7:1 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me saying,
2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel; An end is come upon the 4 corners of the land. 3 Now the end is come upon thee, and I will send my anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and I will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

In light of the rest of this chapter and the severity of it, I believe it to be talking about the beginning of the Tribulation period, or at least I believe it to be a pre-figure of it. If you read all the chapters, a lot of them deal with Israelis' destruction but also their regathering.

Now, I want you to see something, just bear with me a while, please.

Ezekiel 7:5 Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold is come.

I believe this evil to be the time of Jacob's trouble, because it is an only evil, one of a kind.

6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold it is come. 7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

Now remember when Aaron's rod budded when the Lord led the children of Israel up out of Egypt? That was a pre-figure of this evil also. Let me say why: The Lord speaks of the Assyrian as being the rod of His anger. If you remember in the first part of this story, the cloud enfolding in itself? I believe that was the Glory of the Lord but the enfolding cloud is not mentioned in chapter 10. It also came out of the North, as in Assyria. I think it's an atomic bomb and I have written a story sometime back called "The Wall will Fall" and I am almost 90% certain this will be the first horrific attack against Israel.

Ok, I don't want to lose you here go to Chapter 8 Verse 1...
And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me.

Notice the date: One day before the sixth year, the sixth month, the sixth day of the month.

Ok, I know, but it is interesting. Look what happens to Ezekiel next! Verse 2 Then I beheld, and lo, a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.

Here's where it get really great!

Verse 3 And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lift me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the North; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. 4 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.

Notice, Ezekiel was taken up out of the earth. Remind you of anything?

Also there was an image in the Temple that provoked God. It's a type of the abomination of desolation.

Ok enough on that for a moment, now the name...

Jaazaniah.

8:11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shapan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

These men were committing abominations in the House of God and said that "the Lord seeth us not." Then the bible lists greater abominations that they do down through the rest of the chapter

Chapter 9
The Lord cries in Ezekiel's ear with a loud voice,

9:2 And behold six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the North, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writers inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.

3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man which had the writers inkhorn by his side; 4 And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

Type of the tribulation Saints.

10:2 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in my sight.

I believe this was done for judgment in the tribulation; Jeremiah wrote down prophecies and had a prince throw them in the Jordan river.

Then the Glory of the God of Israel moves to the top of Mount Olive and then goes out of the earth. The same place Jesus Christ would later ascend into heaven, then Judgment fell on Israel.

One more thing:

Ezekiel 11:1 Moreover the spirit lift me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city.

I find it interesting that there are 2 Jaazaniahs in high political and Religious power here; it could be at some point in the tribulation that this man's name will show up again as a false shepherd to Israel, but then, maybe it's just a coincidence.

Thank you for being here, I urge each one of you, if you have family members and friends, please witness to them today, no one knows when the Lord will come back for us, but I can't imagine it being too much longer. Do it now, for Christ's sake, please.

love,
michael

Posted by michael at May 31, 2006 09:35 PM